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September 30, 2019 | City Council Rail Subcommittee project update Agenda |
July 16, 2019 | City Council Rail Subcommittee project update Agenda Minutes |
May 21, 2019 | City Council presentation from Stanford Global Project Center regarding financial feasibility of tunnels for rail Agenda Minutes |
April 22, 2019 | City Council Rail Subcommittee Agenda |
March 5, 2019 | City Council approval of preferred alternative Agenda Minutes Project study report |
January 31, 2019 | City Council Rail Subcommittee Agenda Meeting video |
January 15, 2019 | City Council study session to provide direction on preferred alternative and potential additional studies |
Dec. 4, 2018 | City Council informational item staff report |
May 8, 2018 | City Council Agenda Staff report Minutes Presentation Meeting video |
April 17, 2018 | City Council Rail Subcommittee Presentation Meeting video |
January 16, 2018 | City Council Informational Item |
Dec. 5, 2017 | Atherton City Council Minutes Presentation Study Session |
Nov. 8, 2017 | Palo Alto Rail Committee Presentation |
October 10, 2017 |
City Council Staff report Minutes Presentation |
Sept. 13, 2017 | Complete Streets Commission Presentation Meeting video Staff report |
Sept. 12, 2017 | Atherton Transportation Committee Presentation |
Sept. 11, 2017 | Planning Commission Presentation Meeting video Staff report |
June 7, 2017 | Community meeting #3 Presentation Meeting summary Meeting summary attachments Alternative A exhibits Alternative A East/West video Alternative C exhibits Alternative C video Shoofly exhibits |
April 4, 2017 |
City Council Agenda Staff report Minutes Presentation |
March 20, 2017 |
City Council Rail Subcommittee public information meeting Agenda Presentation Meeting video |
February 7, 2017 |
City Council study session Agenda Staff report Minutes Presentation Alternative A East/West Video Alternative A Flyover Video |
Dec. 5, 2016 | Planning Commission meeting Presentation |
Nov. 14, 2016 | Bicycle Commission meeting Presentation |
Nov. 9, 2016 | Transportation Commission meeting Presentation |
October 4, 2016 | Community meeting #2 Presentation without videos - Attachment E (5.5 MB) Presentation with videos - Attachment D (54.6 MB) Meeting exhibits (32.3 MB) Meeting summary |
May 2, 2016 | Community meeting #1 Presentation without videos (2.5 MB) Presentation with videos (40 MB) Meeting exhibits (boards) Meeting summary |
March 15, 2016 | The City Council awarded a contract to consultant team to perform the Ravenswood Avenue Grade Separation Project Study report. Agenda Staff report Minutes |
Early 2016 | On January 21, 2016, three consultant teams submitted proposals. A panel of City and Caltrain staff reviewed the proposals and identified the most qualified teams to invite for interviews. On February 4, 2016, City and Caltrain staff interviewed two consultant teams and selected the most qualified team. Agenda Staff report Minutes |
December 14, 2015 | The City issued a request for proposals for this project. |
May 5, 2015 | The City Council provided direction on two potential alternatives that should be evaluated as part of the report: 1) Undercrossing alternative: Maintain the existing Caltrain tracks, and tunnel Ravenswood Avenue under the tracks and 2) Hybrid or split alternative: Partially raise the Caltrain tracks and partially lower the roadways under the tracks. This alternative would need to consider all four Menlo Park crossings for potential impacts. |
March 2015 | The City Council Rail Subcommittee hosted a public meeting to review the prior grade separation studies, and requested that the Council consider potential modifications to the Rail Policy to allow evaluation of all potential grade separation alternatives, including potential elevated rail alignments. On May 5, 2015, the City Council provided direction on two potential alternatives that should be evaluated as part of the report. Agenda Meeting video |
Early 2015 | In early 2015, staff initiated project planning for the grant-funded report with Caltrain and SMCTA to finalize the project scope for conceptual plans and any preferred alternatives for the Ravenswood Avenue crossing. |
November 14, 2013 | The City was awarded a $750,000 grant from the San Mateo County Transportation Authority Call for Grade Separation Projects to complete a project study report for Ravenswood Avenue. The report process would include preparation of conceptual designs, assessment of local circulation and property impacts, community engagement, and identification of a preferred alternative. The project was included in the City’s Capital Improvement Plan for fiscal year 2015-16. |
2012-2013 | SMCTA issued a Call for Grade Separation Projects following the 2009 SMCTA Footprint study and High Speed Rail and Caltrain Blended System planning efforts. The City applied for funding for Ravenswood Avenue, based on City Council’s prioritization of at-grade crossings in October 2012. |
2009 | SMCTA completed a footprint study to review engineering feasibility of grade separation alternatives, also studying six options within Menlo Park and two that would span Menlo Park and Atherton. Achieving full rail elevation or depression requires that the extent of the work area be extended through Atherton, north to the existing Fifth Avenue overcrossing in Redwood City. |
2004 | San Mateo County voters approved the continuation of the collection and distribution by the SMCTA of the Measure A half-cent transportation sales tax and accompanying Transportation Expenditure Plan for an additional 25 years beginning January 1, 2009 (new Measure A). |
2003 | City Council affirmed the concept of split-level grade separations, with tracks partially elevated and roadways partially depressed, as the preferred design. The council also requested that an alternative of deep undercrossings at Ravenswood and Oak Grove avenues only be kept under consideration. |
2002 | City Council awarded a study contract for a feasibility study that evaluated six options for grade separation alternatives within the City, including different combinations of rail and roadway elevations. These prior studies are available in the document links to the right. |